Views of Paestum

People:

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (etcher)
Francesco Piranesi (etcher)

Title:

Views of Paestum

Date:

printed and bound 1778-1780

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 album(s)

Stage and Purpose:

veduta
travel sketch

Technique and media:

Engraving and etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 49.7 x 67.5 cm sheet: 53.3 x 77.5 cm

Reference number:

DR1984:1458:001-021

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Eighteenth century binding composed of pulp boards with four sheets of Italian stamped paper glued over the covers. The spine and edges are vellum. Paper is stamped with red boxes on grey background (originally white) in imitation of a fabric pattern. Edges of pages are marbled in red.

Location:

Paestum; Italy;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

temple
antique ruins

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

DR1984:1458:017, Visitors Examining the Temple of Neptune at Paestum, 1778 - 1779

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